Fossil Fuels Week of January 23, 2012
Links used in Homework assignment on Fossil Fuels
Kidz World
Environmental Literacy Council
More on fossil fuels
Kid's Page: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Science with Me: Learn About Fossil Fuels
Discovering Fossils: Great Britain
Discovery Channel: Energy
How fossil fuels are formed
Fracking
Fracking: Information from the National Resources Defense Council
Animated movie and info about fracking from Gasland
Fracking in Pennsylvania from NPR
Mine Fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania
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| Energy Project Due Tuesday, February 7, 2012 |
Ways to Present Your Project:
a. poster board, tri-fold board
b. regular loose leaf paper
c. Power Point presentation
d. oral presentation, notes
e. write a paper, submit electronically (email)
f. wikispace
g. science song, rap, poem
h. podcast, videocast
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Option One
Choose any one of the subtopics, research in depth, and present.
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Option Two General Overview to include:
-- What are fossil fuels?
-- How are they formed/created?
-- How are they used to produce electricity?
-- What is the power grid?
-- What hazards are created by the burning of fossil fuels?
-- What are alternate sources of energy? What drawbacks are there to using them? Why are we not using more renewable energy sources?
-- What is global warming and how does it relate to fossil fuels?
-- Discuss the different types of mining and their impact on the environment. (8th grade only)
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